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Common passionfruit
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Passionflowers & markoesa

Common passionfruit

Passiflora edulis Sims

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Names

EnglishCommon passionfruit
Dutch—
SpanishPasionaria
Chinese百香果
Scientific namePassiflora edulis Sims

About this species

Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil, through Paraguay, and northern Argentina. The fruit is a pepo, a type of botanical berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds.

The plant is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit. This is both eaten and juiced, with the juice often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyPassifloraceae
GenusPassiflora

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
2021First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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